In our world of urgency, certitudes, and immediate access to a flood of information, could it be that a humble curiosity, inspired awe, and delightful wonder might give us the strength to heal and thrive?

Using an expansive emotional vocabulary matched with wit and care, TV host, podcaster, and author Kelly Corrigan is inviting the world to relational vulnerability, compassionate curiosity, and stalwart bravery to face our biggest problems through listening and loving wonder.

In this conversation with Kelly Corrigan, we discuss:

• Her approach to having conversations that feel transformative—the kind that unlock and open us up


• How wonder grounds her spirituality and personal vocation


• The profound lessons she learned from her mother and father, and how each showed up for her when she was at her lowest


• How to learn wisdom and leadership through coaching and mentoring


• How to build the emotional container of home for a family


• What it means to be brave in our world today


• And how to communicate love through the simple act of listening through three simple invitations: “Tell me more!, What else?, and Go on.”

About Kelly Corrigan

Kelly Corrigan is a journalist of wonder. Through hundreds and hundreds of conversations with some of the world’s most interesting people, she approaches both timeless questions and contemporary problems … through focused and generous listening, an attitude of awe, and a joyful expectation to be surprised and delighted, even in life’s most challenging and painful circumstances.

She’s the author of four New York Times bestselling memoirs: Tell Me More, The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, and Lift. Her most recent offering is a children’s book, Hello World, which celebrates the people in our lives and explores the meaningful connections that come from asking each other questions.

Her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders, is a library of conversational wisdom ranging from current events, to arts and entertainment, to psychology and philosophy, and an approach to spirituality and transcendence through the gift of everyday, ordinary life.

A master of conversational hospitality, downright funny storytelling, and journalistic listening, she’s also the PBS television host of Tell Me More, and recently spoke on Bravery at the 40th annual TED Conference.

You can find her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders wherever you listen to podcasts and her full library of resources at kellycorrigan.com.

Books and Media by Kelly Corrigan

• Listen to Kelly Corrigan Wonders
  


• Visit [KellyCorrigan.com](http://KellyCorrigan.comhttps://www.kellycorrigan.com/)


• Watch Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan (PBS)


• Read Kelly’s books, such as Tell Me More, The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, Hello World!, and Lift.

Show Notes

• Kelly Corrigan's TED Talk, "To Love Is to Be Brave"

• Kelly Corrigan’s conversation with April Lawson on abortion

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About Dr. Pam King

Dr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.  Follow her @drpamking.

About With & For

• Host: Pam King


• Senior Director and Producer: Jill Westbrook


• Operations Manager: Lauren Kim


• Social Media Graphic Designer: Wren Juergensen

Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.